a truly lighthearted rebuttal: My brother was an international business lawyer. Prior to, during, and after this period in his career he was and remains quite thoroughly literate. So there, nyagh! My personal lawyer is among the most literate people I know. Again, so there, nyagh! My mother is a physician. She is also one of the most literate people I know. AGAIN, so there, nyagh! If you desire to see true illiteracy among those whom you might presume to be intelligent and well educated, try software engineers. All of them seem to be aliens translating from their arcane gobbledygook by use of a poorly comprehended thesaurus.